Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-12-17
NORTHWESTERN NEWS.


NORTHWESTERN NEWS.
Interesting Items Gathered from
.s Various Localities.
ILLNoIS.
e+ neeS sts recently received by the Live
~ - missioners show that the condi-
nv elon - oaoes In the State was little below
rs = - this season of the year.
lio1 s anu sheel were doing well The
i Iavages .. nog cnoi~-a were causing great
State. *
s. The thirteenth annual meeting of the
M1ilers' State Association was held at Spring
field recently.
/ At the fifth annual session in Chicago re-
Gently OF the National Guard Association of
III Illinois the following officers were elected:
President, Brigadier- General J. N Reece,
Springfield; Vice-President, Brigadier- GEN
eral Charles Fitz-Simons, Chicago; Second
ice-President Colonel Fred Bennett,
Joliet; Recording Secretary, Colonel Fred
G. Pierce, Rockford; Corresponding Secre-
tary, Captain G. " Jaquith, Paris; Treas
urer. Major E j. SILL Aurora; Chaplain.
Rev. G. R. Van Horn, Rockford
There has been heavy rainfall in por-
lions OF the State where ong-continued
drought had begun to cause great anxiety
It will prove blessing to farmers and
stockmen, who have experienced great
difficulty in procuring water
At Odin the other morning Mrs. George
w Phillips committed suicide with re-
volver. She had suffered severely from
headache.
The repairs on Lincolns monument were
completed recently at a cost Of 81 ,4O5,
81 ,4O5 more than the General Assembly
appropriated The Monument Association
will pay the extra amount
Captain Jacob Schmidt, of Washington
County, keeper of the cell house at the pris-
on in Chester, was attacked the other after
noon by Joe Dawson, a life time negro, and
one eye was completely knocked out
N. Z Thompson, Danville business
man, was imprisoned recently for COM
hitting a So, 500 forgery:
By the falling of heavy beam at an
house near Alton few days ago one
man was killed and several others were
seriously injury.
Workmen employed recently in digging
Well on the farm of Robert COmeford. near
Cerro Gordo, found number of regularly
made bricks In the blue clay, and at depth
OF forty eight feet Mr.. Comeford improved
this farm from the raw prairie, and is posi-
tive that no bricks have ever been used in
that vicinity. 1t is a matter Of some curl
osity as to how they got there.
IOWA.
The buildings at Sioux City occupied by
A N. Haley & Sons, plumbers, gas-htters
and IRON workers, and Anthony's trunk fac
tory were consumed by fire the other morn
ing, together with the stocks, machinery,
etc. Total loss, $4,000.
The next Democratic State convention
will be held in Dubuque, probably in May
Lewis Igo, a Republican, was defeated
for Senator from Warren County in the re-
cent election by one vote; but his wife the
other day presented him with boy adding
one to family OF seven boys and five girls,
making thirteen, all living '"'
There are fifty four cities in the State
that have population of over twenty-five
hundred.
The jury in the Rainsbarger case at Mar
shalltown recently found the defendant
guilty OF murder in the first degree, and
liked the penalty at imprisonment for life
A collision occurred the other day be-
tween q passenger and q freight train at
Perclval, by which two tramps were killed
At meeting of the directors at Dubuque
recently the Minnesota & Northwestern rail-
road was sold and transferred to the Chi
cago, St Paul & Kansas City Company
F. B. Brown, cashier of the Farmers Loan
| and Trust Bank ut Alta, Buena Vista Coun-
ty, shot himself the other day He was
short in his accounts So, 900.
The annual report of the State Railroad
Commissioners contains a recommendation
against uniform passenger rate of two
| cents mile, but favors reduced local freight
| rates. The number of miles of railroad in
operation in the State is 1897, and the
amount OF stock representing Iowa roads is
Yl47, 1850, 517. There is an increase in the
total earnings for the year of 81, 436, 624.
The total amount of taxes paid the State by
the railroads in the year was 81 oil, 292.
Judge G. G. Nourse, Of Des Moines, was
elected president of the Short-Horn Breed
ers Association at its recent annual meet
ing in Newton. ..ss 49, .a..
The jury at Toledo In the case of Burn
ham, on trial for the murder of a man
named Brown, returned verdict few
days ago OF murder in the first degree and
recommended a sentence Of life imprison-
ment at hard labor. @ -f.- -
Thomas ]. Gwinn, we'll known farmer
living near Nora Springs, dropped dead
from paralysis Of the heart the other even
ing.
Two breweries, valued at $500, 900, were
closed the other day at Des Moines by the
authorities The owners. who had no desire
to contest the matter in the courts, had
asked for q reasonable time in which to
close out their business, and it was believed
that the Prohibitionisis would favor grant
| ing the request &# Fs-e-f 80
Amos Allen, farmer, of Plymouth COM
m1tted suicide by hanging the other day.
His wife had been sick for long time and
business troubles were on his mind
WISCONSIN. II,
s. K. Wagg, Of Appleton, recently re-
ceived letters patent on a digester for BIZ
sulphite pulp making, whereby the finest
paper can be made of pine timber
The State Poultry Association will meet
In Fond du Lac the second week in Febru
| airy.
Milwaukee has the only Polish paper in
this country.
Inc hrst white man known to have
been drowned in Shell lake was Fred Krist.
| formerly of Menominee, who broke through
the Ice while attempting to cross the bay
| recently.
WilliamJ. Armstrong, in the employ of
the National Bureau Of Labor Statistics, es-
Inmates that thirteen thousand divorces
have been granted In the State in the past
twenty years. Among the causes assigned
for the divorces desertion is the most prom
nent Following this in the order given is
cruelty, habitual drunkenness and inf
deity.